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Athletics closer Grant Balfour took the mound for his fourth appearance of the spring Friday night against the Giants at AT&T Park. Balfour entered the game in the eighth inning and allowed a leadoff triple to Nick Noonan before yielding up a run-scoring single to Angel Pagan. He allowed one run on two hits in an inning of work. He also struck out two as his ERA rose to 2.25 this spring.